Sewing-awl.



A. M. PARKER.

' SEWING AWL. V 4 APPLICATION FILED SBPT.21, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12,1909.-

ARTHUR M. PARKER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SEWING-AWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 123, 1909.

Application filed September 21, 1908. Serial No. 4%,093.

To all whom it may concern:

through the thread passage G, then along Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. PARKER, a the handle to the eye of the owl-needle, as

citizen of the United States, residing at 415 Crocker street, Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Sewing-AWL of which the following is a specification. l

My invention is an improvement in the class of sewing-awls whose handles are pro vided with a recess or chamber to receive a thread-wound spool, from which the threadpasses to the awl-needle point and is drawn off as required.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of same, as will out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sowing-awl; Fig. 2'is a sectional view of the improvement showing the mounted spool C in the chamber 13, the combination tension and spool locking-pin i). and retainingpeg F, the thread passage G, the chuck ll, and the usual receptacle in the handle A for the awl-ncedles'and tools; Fig. 3 is a sectional view, at right angles with Fig. 2, showing the manner of mounting the spool I (l. and the end of the combination tension l and spool locking-pin.

The improved sewing-awl is providcdl with a suitable handle A, carrying at its front end a chuck ii for receiving and holdi ing a needle l of any approved construction. I llxtending into the side of the handle A is arranged a chamber ii, at. its end a socket E for holding the end of the spindle J, on which the spool revolves. 'lhis spindle is used that the spool may be easier turned; but when the operator requires a friction between the walls of the chamber and the edges of the spool, that it may not allow the thread to easily leave the latter, the spindle is removed. As the thread K unw'nds it leads be fully described hereinafter and pointed indicated in thedrawings.

The combination tension and spool locking-pin is slidably mounted in recess L, and when pressed in by the fingers of the operator,.prevents the thread leaving the handle, and thereby secures the thread with a firm grip, enabling the operator to draw the stitches tight without touching .the thread. As the combination pin extends into and across the edge of the chamber B, it obstructs the chamber, and when the spool is within the chamber, it (spool) is prevented from leaving the chamber until the combination tension and spool locking-pin D is drawn in the position indicated by the dotted lines M. The retaining peg F, prevents the locking-pin D from falling out of the handle.

By the novel features of construction and combination described, it will be seen that. the thread is not impeded in its passage through the thread passage, yet Wholly under the control of the operator, and that the locking-pin D performs the functions of tension and spool retainer.

llaving thus I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a sewing awl provided with a spool chamber, a thread passage leading therefrom to the outer surface of the handle, and a recess extending from the thread passage to the outer surface of the handle, of a spool retainer or locking device slidably located in said recess and serving to retain the spool in its chamber and act as a tension device for the thread described my invention, what by bearing upon the latter as it passes through the thread passage.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 4

ARTHUR M. PARKER.

Witnesses:

Jonn M. PARKER, ELLA J. PARKER. 

